Lead Application Architect

Overview

CLA is a top 10 national professional services firm where our purpose is to create opportunities every day for our clients, our people, and our communities through industry-focused wealth advisory, digital, audit, tax, consulting, and outsourcing services. CLA has more than 8,500 people, 130 U.S. locations, and a global reach. We promise to know you and help you. CLA is dedicated to building a culture that invites different beliefs and perspectives to the table, so we can truly know and help our clients, communities, and each other.

Our Perks include flexible PTO (designed to offer flexible time away for you), up to 12 weeks paid parental leave, paid volunteer time off, mental health coverage, quarterly wellness stipend, fertility benefits, and a complete list of benefits available.

CLA is growing and seeking to hire an experienced Lead Architect to join our Information Technology team. The position offers growth, flexibility, and a collaborative work environment.

This role works closely with IT and business leadership to set tactical direction for IT efforts. The focus is to align multi-year IT road maps with Firm priorities. Once the direction is set, this role prioritizes and leads those efforts. They also create architecture drawings, provide level 4 support, and manage technical projects that span across all IT teams.

The Senior Application Architect’s role is to plan, coordinate, architect, and supervise activities related to the development and integration of software programs, applications, and third-party solutions to meet business requirements. This individual is also responsible for developing and maintaining an application architecture blueprint for the organization. This individual oversees testing of the interoperability of applications under development by in-house software development teams, commercial off‑the-shelf software deployed in the organization, and with external third parties as necessary.

Proven communication skills, problem-solving skills, and knowledge of integration best practices are critical to successful performance in this role.

• Develop and maintain application and integration architecture blueprint for the organization.
• Plan, execute and manage the development and integration of new applications into existing systems and software throughout the enterprise.
• Ensure that application and integration projects meet business requirements and goals, fulfill end-user requirements, and identify and resolve system issues. Align integration planning and practices with strategic business goals and the company’s overall strategic vision. Develop standards and processes to support and facilitate application development and integration projects and initiatives.

• Research and make recommendations on integration products and services in support of procurement and development efforts.
• Lead integration testing to identify and remedy potential problem areas.
• Build relationships with software vendors and engineering teams to understand integration capabilities and required functionality.
• Liaise with software developers and engineers to address issues in program logic and the interoperability of new applications with existing systems software.

• Ensure the collection and coherent interpretation of the various business processes affected by integration efforts.
• Enhance or improve business processes via integration, or minimize the impact of integration on those processes.
• Evaluate results of integration projects, report findings, and make recommendations. Provide guidance to junior team members where necessary.

What you will need Seven years of experience required; four of which need to be in enterprise-level application development.

Education Bachelor7s degree in computer science or related field required, or an associate degree in computer science or related field plus two years of work experience in a developer or software architecture role in lieu of a bachelor’s degree.

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